وحدة:Team appearances list/data

من أرابيكا، الموسوعة الحرة
اذهب إلى التنقل اذهب إلى البحث
-- Constant data used by [[Module:Team appearances list]].

--[[
	As a note, the begin_year and end_year information is given for most of the
		competitions with the exception of the Olympics (and related games).
		This is mainly due to the shear size of those lists (200+ countries).
		
    Overall list of games - if marked with s(TBD), no absences have been input
	    Africa
	    	Africa Games
	    	African Beach Games
	    Americas
	    	Central American and Caribbean Games
	    	Pan American Games
	    		Parapan American Games (TBD)
	    		Junior Pan American
	    	South American Games
	    Asian Games
	    	  Beach Games
	    	  Indoor and Martial Arts Games
	    	  Para Ganmes
	    	  Youth Games
	    	  Winter
	    	  East
	    	  South
	    	  Southeast 
	    	  West
	    Commonwealth Games
	    	Youth
	    Europe
	    	European Athletics Championships
	    	European Athletics Indoor Championships (TBD)
	    	European Championships
	    	European Games
	    	Mediterranean Games
	    Summer Olympics
	           Paralympics
	           Youth
	    Winter Olympics
	           Paralympics
	           Youth
	    World
	    	Deaflympics
	    		Winter Deaflympics
	    	FEI World Equestrian Games (TBD)
	    	FIS Alpine World Ski Championships (TBD)
	    	Islamic Solidarity Games 
	    	Military World Games (TBD)
	    	Winter Military World Games (TBD)
	    	Pacific Games
	    	Summer Universiade
	    	Winter Universiade
	    	World Aquatics Championships
	    	World Archery Championships (TBD)
	    	World Athletics Championships
	    	World Beach Games
	    	World Games (TBD)
	    	World Athletics Indoor Championships
]]--
local old_names = {
	-- Games that changed their name at some point
	["All-Africa Games"] = "African Games",
	["British Empire Games"] = "Commonwealth Games",
	["British Empire and Commonwealth Games"] = "Commonwealth Games",
	["British Commonwealth Games"] = "Commonwealth Games",
	["Southeast Asian Peninsular Games"] = "Southeast Asian Games",
	["World Championships in Athletics"] = "World Athletics Championships",
	["بطولة العالم لألعاب القوى"] = "World Athletics Championships",
	["الألعاب الآسيوية"] = "Asian Games",
	["ألعاب غرب آسيا"] = "West Asian Games",
	["الألعاب الآسيوية الشاطئية"] = "Asian Beach Games",
	["Asian Indoor Games"] = "Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games",
	["Southern Cross Games"] = "South American Games",
	["World Indoor Championships in Athletics"] = "World Athletics Indoor Championships",
	["الألعاب الأولمبية الشتوية"] = "Winter Olympics",
	["الألعاب الأولمبية الصيفية"] = "Summer Olympics",
	["الألعاب الأولمبية الصيفية للشباب"] = "Summer Youth Olympics",
	["الألعاب الآسيوية الشتوية"] = "Asian Winter Games",
	-- Countries/entities that changed their name at some point, or have different names over the years
	["Individual Olympic Athletes"] = "Independent Olympic Participants",
	["Olympic Athletes from Russia"] = "Independent Olympic Participants",
	["Independent Olympic Athletes"] = "Independent Olympic Participants",
	["Individual Paralympic Athletes"] = "Independent Paralympic Participants",
	["Independent Paralympic Athletes"] = "Independent Paralympic Participants",
	["RPC"] = "Independent Paralympic Participants",
	["Neutral Paralympic Athletes"] = "Independent Paralympic Participants",
	["Burma"] = "Myanmar",
	["British Guiana"] = "Guyana",
	["British Honduras"] = "Belize",
	["Ceylon"] = "Sri Lanka",
	["Dahomey"] = "Benin",
	["Macedonia"] = "North Macedonia",
	["Malaya"] = "Malaysia",
	["Federation of South Arabia"] = "Aden",
	["South Arabia"] = "Aden",
	["Swaziland"] = "Eswatini",
	["Upper Volta"] = "Burkina Faso",
	["Northern Rhodesia"] = "Zambia",
	["Rhodesia"] = "Zimbabwe",
	["Southern Rhodesia"] = "Zimbabwe",
	["Tanganyika"] = "Tanzania",
	["FR Yugoslavia"] = "Serbia and Montenegro",
	["Formosa"] = "Chinese Taipei",
	["Taiwan"] = "Chinese Taipei",
	["East Timor"] = "Timor-Leste",
	["Gold Coast"] = "Ghana",
}
local all_competitions = {
	-----Africa-----
	["African Games"] = {
		1965, 1973, 1978, 1987, 1991, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023,
		["Angola"] = {begin_year=1987},
		["Benin"] = {1978, 1987, 1991, 1995},
		["Botswana"] = {begin_year=1991},
		["Burkina Faso"] = {1973, 1987, 1999},
		["Burundi"] = {begin_year=1987, 1991, 1999, 2003, 2007},
		["Cape Verde"] = {begin_year=1999, 2007},
		["Chad"] = {1973, 1991, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007},
		["Comoros"] = {begin_year=2011, 2019},
		["Democratic Republic of the Congo"] = {1973, 1978, 1995},
		["Djibouti"] = {begin_year=2011},
		["Equatorial Guinea"] = {begin_year=2011},
		["Eritrea"] = {begin_year=2007},
		["Eswatini"] = {begin_year=1973, 1987, 2003, 2007},
		["Guinea"] = {begin_year=1973, 1978, 1987, 1991, 1999},
		["Guinea-Bissau"] = {begin_year=1999, 2003},
		["Lesotho"] = {begin_year=1991},
		["Liberia"] = {begin_year=2011},
		["Libya"] = {begin_year=1978},
		["Malawi"] = {begin_year=1987, 1991, 1995, 2003, 2007},
		["Mali"] = {1987, 1991},
		["Mauritania"] = {begin_year=2011},
		["Mauritius"] = {begin_year=1987},
		["Morocco"] = {begin_year=1973, 1987, 1991, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015},
		["Mozambique"] = {begin_year=1987, 2003},
		["Namibia"] = {begin_year=1991},
		["Niger"] = {1978, 1987, 1991, 1995, 2007},
		["Rwanda"] = {begin_year=1987, 1991, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007},
		["Sahrawi Republic"] = {begin_year=2015, 2019},
		["São Tomé and Príncipe"] = {begin_year=2003},
		["Seychelles"] = {begin_year=1987},
		["Sierra Leone"] = {begin_year=1991, 1999, 2007},
		["Somalia"] = {begin_year=1973, 1978, 1987, 1991, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007},
		["South Africa"] = {begin_year=1995},
		["South Sudan"] = {begin_year=2011},
		["Sudan"] = {1987, 1991, 1995, 1999},
		["The Gambia"] = {begin_year=2003, 2007},
		["Togo"] = {1987, 1991, 1995},
		["Zimbabwe"] = {begin_year=1987},
	},
	["African Beach Games"] = {
		2019, 2023,
	},

	-----Americas-----
	["Central American and Caribbean Games"] = {
		1926, 1930, 1935, 1938, 1946, 1950, 1954, 1959, 1962, 1966, 1970, 1974, 
		1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1993, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022,
		["Antigua and Barbuda"] = {begin_year=1990, 2002},
		["Aruba"] = {begin_year=1993},
		["Bahamas"] = {begin_year=1982},
		["Barbados"] = {begin_year=1982},
		["Belize"] = {begin_year=1982, 1990, 1993, 1998},
		["Bermuda"] = {begin_year=1982, 1998},
		["British Virgin Islands"] = {begin_year=1998},
		["Cayman Islands"] = {begin_year=1993, 1998},
		["Colombia"] = {begin_year=1938},
		["Costa Rica"] = {begin_year=1930},
		["Cuba"] = {2002, 2010},
		["Curaçao"] = {begin_year=2018},
		["Dominica"] = {begin_year=2002},
		["Dominican Republic"] = {begin_year=1982},
		["El Salvador"] = {begin_year=1930},
		["French Guiana"] = {begin_year=2018},
		["Grenada"] = {begin_year=1982, 1993, 1998},
		["Guadeloupe"] = {begin_year=2018},
		["Guatemala"] = {1938},
		["Guyana"] = {begin_year=1982},
		["Haiti"] = {begin_year=1982},
		["Honduras"] = {begin_year=1930, 1935, 1938},
		["Jamaica"] = {begin_year=1930},
		["Martinique"] = {begin_year=2018},
		["Netherlands Antilles"] = {begin_year=1946, 1998, end_year=2010},
		["Nicaragua"] = {begin_year=1935},
		["Panama"] = {begin_year=1930},
		["Puerto Rico"] = {begin_year=1930},
		["Saint Kitts and Nevis"] = {begin_year=2002},
		["Saint Lucia"] = {begin_year=2002},
		["Saint Vincent and the Grenadines"] = {begin_year=2002},
		["Sint Maarten"] = {begin_year=2018},
		["Suriname"] = {begin_year=1982},
		["Trinidad and Tobago"] = {begin_year=1950},
		["Turks and Caicos Islands"] = {begin_year=2018},
		["Venezuela"] = {begin_year=1938},
		["Virgin Islands"] = {begin_year=1982, 1998},
	},
	["Pan American Games"] = {
		1951, 1955, 1959, 1963, 1967, 1971, 1975, 1979, 1983, 1987, 1991, 1995,
		1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019,
		["Antigua and Barbuda"] = {begin_year=1979},
		["Aruba"] = {begin_year=1987},
		["Bahamas"] = {begin_year=1955},
		["Barbados"] = {begin_year=1963},
		["Belize"] = {begin_year=1967},
		["Bermuda"] = {begin_year=1967},
		["Bolivia"] = {begin_year=1967},
		["British Virgin Islands"] = {begin_year=1983},
		["British West Indies"] = {begin_year=1959, end_year=1959},
		["Canada"] = {begin_year=1955},
		["Cayman Islands"] = {begin_year=1987},
		["Costa Rica"] = {1963},
		["Dominica"] = {begin_year=1995},
		["Dominican Republic"] = {1963},
		["Netherlands Antilles"] = {begin_year=1959, end_year=2011},
		["Grenada"] = {begin_year=1987},
		["Guyana"] = {begin_year=1959},
		["Haiti"] = {1963},
		["Honduras"] = {begin_year=1975},
		["Nicaragua"] = {1955, 1963, 1979},
		["Paraguay"] = {1959, 1963},
		["Peru"] = {1955},
		["Saint Kitts and Nevis"] = {begin_year=1995},
		["Saint Lucia"] = {begin_year=1995},
		["Saint Vincent and the Grenadines"] = {begin_year=1991},
		["Suriname"] = {begin_year=1971},
		["Trinidad and Tobago"] = {1959},
		["Virgin Islands"] = {begin_year=1967},
	},
	["Parapan American Games"] = {
		1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023,
	},
	["Junior Pan American Games"] = {
		2021,
	},
	["South American Games"] = {
		1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022,
		["Aruba"] = {begin_year=1994},
		["Chile"] = {2002},
		["Colombia"] = {1990},
		["Ecuador"] = {begin_year=1982},
		["Guyana"] = {begin_year=1998},
		["Netherlands Antilles"] = {begin_year=1994, 1998, 2014, 2018},
		["Panama"] = {begin_year=1994},
		["Suriname"] = {begin_year=1986, 2002},
		["Venezuela"] = {begin_year=1982},
	},
	-----Asia----
	["Asian Games"] = {
		1951, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994,
		1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018,
		["Afghanistan"] = {1970, 1978, 1986, 1998},
		["Athletes from Kuwait"] = {begin_year=2010, end_year=2010},
		["Bahrain"] = {begin_year=1974},
		["Bangladesh"] = {begin_year=1978},
		["Bhutan"] = {begin_year=1986},
		["Brunei"] = {begin_year=1990},
		["Cambodia"] = {begin_year=1954, 1966, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990},
		["China"] = {begin_year=1974},
		["Chinese Taipei"] = {begin_year=1954, 1962, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986},
		["Timor-Leste"] = {begin_year=2002},
		["Hong Kong"] = {begin_year=1954},
		["Iran"] = {1954, 1962, 1978},
		["Iraq"] = {begin_year=1974, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002},
		["Israel"] = {begin_year=1954, 1962, end_year=1974},
		["Jordan"] = {begin_year=1986, 1990},
		["Kazakhstan"] = {begin_year=1994},
		["Kuwait"] = {begin_year=1974, 2010},
		["Kyrgyzstan"] = {begin_year=1994},
		["Laos"] = {begin_year=1974, 1978, 1986},
		["لبنان"] = {begin_year=1978},
		["Macau"] = {begin_year=1990},
		["Malaysia"] = {begin_year=1954},
		["Maldives"] = {begin_year=1982},
		["Mongolia"] = {begin_year=1974, 1986},
		["Myanmar"] = {1986},
		["Nepal"] = {1954, 1962},
		["North Korea"] = {begin_year=1974, 1986, 1994},
		["Oman"] = {begin_year=1982},
		["Pakistan"] = {begin_year=1954},
		["Palestine"] = {begin_year=1990},
		["Republic of China"] = {1962, end_year=1970},
		["Qatar"] = {begin_year=1978},
		["Saudi Arabia"] = {begin_year=1978, 1998},
		["South Korea"] = {begin_year=1954},
		["Syria"] = {1986},
		["Tajikistan"] = {begin_year=1994},
		["Turkmenistan"] = {begin_year=1994},
		["United Arab Emirates"] = {begin_year=1978},
		["Uzbekistan"] = {begin_year=1994},
		["Vietnam"] = {begin_year=1954, 1978, 1986},
		["Yemen"] = {begin_year=1990},
	},
	["Asian Beach Games"] = {
		2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016,
		["Bhutan"] = {begin_year=2010},
		["Individual Olympic Athletes"] = {begin_year=2010, 2014},
		["Independent Olympic Athletes"] = {begin_year=2010, 2014},
		["Iraq"] = {begin_year=2010},
		["Kuwait"] = {2010, 2012, 2016},
		["Macau"] = {2010},
		["Myanmar"] = {2012},
		["North Korea"] = {2010, 2012, 2014, 2016},
		["Palestine"] = {2014, 2016},
		["Saudi Arabia"] = {begin_year=2010, 2014, 2016},
		["Turkmenistan"] = {begin_year=2010},
		["Yemen"] = {2016},
	},
	["Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games"] = {
		2005, 2007, 2009, 2013, 2017, 2021,
		["Afghanistan"] = {begin_year=2007},
		["Bangladesh"] = {begin_year=2007},
		["Bhutan"] = {begin_year=2007},
		["Brunei"] = {begin_year=2009},
		["Timor-Leste"] = {begin_year=2017},
		["Independent Olympic Athletes"] = {begin_year=2013, 2021},
		["India"] = {2013},
		["Kuwait"] = {2017},
		["North Korea"] = {2013},
		["Pakistan"] = {2009},
		["Palestine"] = {begin_year=2007, 2009, 2017},
		["Refugee Team"] = {begin_year=2017, 2021},
		["Saudi Arabia"] = {begin_year=2007},
		["Tajikistan"] = {begin_year=2007},
		--Begin Oceania nations
		["American Samoa"] = {begin_year=2017},
		["Australia"] = {begin_year=2017},
		["Cook Islands"] = {begin_year=2017},
		["Federated States of Micronesia"] = {begin_year=2017},
		["Fiji"] = {begin_year=2017},
		["Guam"] = {begin_year=2017},
		["Kiribati"] = {begin_year=2017},
		["Marshall Islands"] = {begin_year=2017},
		["Nauru"] = {begin_year=2017},
		["New Caledonia"] = {begin_year=2017},
		["Palau"] = {begin_year=2017},
		["Papua New Guinea"] = {begin_year=2017},
		["Samoa"] = {begin_year=2017},
		["Solomon Islands"] = {begin_year=2017},
		["Tahiti"] = {begin_year=2017},
		["Tonga"] = {begin_year=2017},
		["Tuvalu"] = {begin_year=2017},
		["Vanuatu"] = {begin_year=2017},
	},
	["Asian Para Games"] = {
		2010, 2014, 2018, 2022,
		["Bhutan"] = {begin_year=2018},
		["North Korea"] = {begin_year=2014},
		["Yemen"] = {begin_year=2018},
		["Maldives"] = {begin_year=2022},
	},
	["Asian Youth Games"] = {
		2009, 2013, 2021,
		["Afghanistan"] = {begin_year=2013},
		["Timor-Leste"] = {begin_year=2013},
	},
	["Asian Winter Games"] = {
		1986, 1990, 1996, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2017,
		["Afghanistan"] = {begin_year=2007, 2017},
		["Athletes from Kuwait"] = {begin_year=2011},
		["Australia"] = {begin_year=2017},
		["Bahrain"] = {begin_year=2011, 2017},
		["Chinese Taipei"] = {begin_year=1990},
		["Timor-Leste"] = {begin_year=2017},
		["Hong Kong"] = {1990, 2003},
		["Independent Olympic Athletes"] = {begin_year=2011},
		["Indonesia"] = {begin_year=2017},
		["Iran"] = {begin_year=1990},
		["Jordan"] = {begin_year=2007},
		["Kazakhstan"] = {begin_year=1996},
		["Kuwait"] = {begin_year=1996, 2003},
		["Kyrgyzstan"] = {begin_year=1996, 2003},
		["لبنان"] = {begin_year=1996},
		["Macau"] = {begin_year=2007, 2011},
		["Malaysia"] = {begin_year=2007},
		["Nepal"] = {begin_year=2003},
		["New Zealand"] = {begin_year=2017},
		["North Korea"] = {1996, 1999},
		["Pakistan"] = {begin_year=1996, 2011},
		["Palestine"] = {begin_year=2003, 2017},
		["Philippines"] = {begin_year=1990, 1996, 1999, 2003},
		["Qatar"] = {begin_year=2011},
		["Singapore"] = {begin_year=2011},
		["Sri Lanka"] = {begin_year=2017},
		["Tajikistan"] = {begin_year=1996, 1999},
		["Thailand"] = {begin_year=1996, 1999},
		["Turkmenistan"] = {begin_year=2017},
		["United Arab Emirates"] = {begin_year=2007},
		["Uzbekistan"] = {begin_year=1996},
		["Vietnam"] = {begin_year=2017},
	},
	["East Asian Games"] = {
		1993, 1997, 2001, 2005, 2009, 2013,
		["Guam"] = {begin_year=1997},
		["North Korea"] = {1997, 2001},
	},
	["South Asian Games"] = {
		1984, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1999, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2016, 2019, 2023,
		["Afghanistan"] = {begin_year=2004, end_year=2016},
	},
	["Southeast Asian Games"] = {
		1959, 1961, 1963, 1965, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1973, 1975,
		1977, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999,
		2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023,
		["Brunei"] = {begin_year=1977},
		["Cambodia"] = {begin_year=1961, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1981, 1989, 1991, 1993},
		["Timor-Leste"] = {begin_year=2003},
		["Indonesia"] = {begin_year=1977},
		["Khmer Republic"] = {begin_year=1971, end_year=1973},
		["Laos"] = {begin_year=1959, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987},
		["Malaysia"] = {begin_year=1959},
		["Philippines"] = {begin_year=1977},
		["South Vietnam"] = {begin_year=1959, end_year=1973},
		["Thailand"] = {begin_year=1961},
		["Vietnam"] = {begin_year=1989},
	},
	["West Asian Games"] = {
		1997, 2002, 2005,
		["Bahrain"] = {begin_year=2002},
		["Iraq"] = {begin_year=2005},
		["Kyrgyzstan"] = {begin_year=1997, 2002, 2005},
		["Oman"] = {begin_year=2002},
		["Palestine"] = {begin_year=2002},
		["Saudi Arabia"] = {begin_year=2002},
		["Tajikistan"] = {begin_year=1997, 2002, 2005},
		["Turkmenistan"] = {begin_year=1997, 2002, 2005},
		["United Arab Emirates"] = {begin_year=2002},
	},

	-----Commonwealth Games-----
	["Commonwealth Games"] = {
		1930, 1934, 1938, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 
		1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022,
        ["Aden"] = {begin_year=1962, end_year=1966},
        ["Anguilla"] = {begin_year=1998},
        ["Antigua and Barbuda"] = {begin_year=1966, 1974, 1982, 1986, 1990},
        ["Bahamas"] = {begin_year=1954, 1974, 1986},
        ["Bangladesh"] = {begin_year=1978, 1982, 1986},
        ["Barbados"] = {begin_year=1954, 1986},
        ["Belize"] = {begin_year=1962, 1970, 1974, 1982, 1986, 1990},
        ["Bermuda"] = {1950, 1958, 1962},
        ["Botswana"] = {begin_year=1974, 1978},
        ["British North Borneo"] = {begin_year=1958, end_year=1962},
        ["British Virgin Islands"] = {begin_year=1990},
        ["Brunei"] = {begin_year=1990},
        ["Cameroon"] = {begin_year=1998},
        ["Cayman Islands"] = {begin_year=1978},
		["Cook Islands"] = {begin_year=1974, 1982},
        ["Cyprus"] = {begin_year=1978, 1986},
        ["Dominica"] = {1966, begin_year=1958, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990},
        ["Eswatini"] = {begin_year=1970},
        ["Falkland Islands"] = {begin_year=1982},
        ["Fiji"] = {begin_year=1938, 1990, 1994, 2010},
        ["Ghana"] = {begin_year=1954, 1986},
        ["Gibraltar"] = {begin_year=1958},
        ["Grenada"] = {begin_year=1970, 1986, 1990, 1994},
        ["Guernsey"] = {begin_year=1970},
        ["Guyana"] = {1950, 1974, 1986},
        ["Hong Kong"] = {1938, 1950, begin_year=1934, 1966, end_year=1994},
        ["India"] = {1950, begin_year=1934, 1962, 1986},
        ["Ireland"] = {begin_year=1930, end_year=1930},
        ["Isle of Man"] = {begin_year=1958},
        ["Jamaica"] = {1938, 1950, begin_year=1934, 1986},
        ["Jersey"] = {begin_year=1958},
        ["Kenya"] = {begin_year=1954, 1986},
        ["Kiribati"] = {begin_year=1998},
        ["Lesotho"] = {1982, begin_year=1974},
        ["Malaysia"] = {begin_year=1950, 1954, 1986},
        ["Malawi"] = {begin_year=1970},
        ["Maldives"] = {begin_year=1986, 2018},
        ["Malta"] = {begin_year=1958, 1966, 1974, 1978},
        ["Mauritius"] = {1986, begin_year=1958},
        ["Montserrat"] = {begin_year=1994},
        ["Mozambique"] = {begin_year=1998},
        ["Namibia"] = {begin_year=1994},
        ["Nauru"] = {begin_year=1990},
        ["Nigeria"] = {1962, 1978, 1986, 1998, begin_year=1950},
        ["Niue"] = {begin_year=2002},
        ["Norfolk Island"] = {begin_year=1986},
        ["Northern Ireland"] = {1950, begin_year=1934},
        ["Pakistan"] = {begin_year=1954, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986},
        ["Papua New Guinea"] = {1986, begin_year=1962},
        ["Rhodesia and Nyasaland"] = {begin_year=1962, end_year=1962},
        ["Rwanda"] = {begin_year=2010},
        ["Saint Helena"] = {1986, 1990, 1994, begin_year=1982},
        ["Saint Kitts and Nevis"] = {begin_year=1990},
        ["Saint Lucia"] = {1966, begin_year=1962, 1974, 1982, 1986, 1990},
        ["Saint Vincent and the Grenadines"] = {1962, begin_year=1958, 1982, 1986, 1990},
        ["Samoa"] = {begin_year=1974},
        ["Sarawak"] = {begin_year=1958, end_year=1962},
        ["Seychelles"] = {begin_year=1990},
        ["Sierra Leone"] = {1962, begin_year=1958, 1974, 1982, 1986},
        ["Singapore"] = {begin_year=1958},
        ["Solomon Islands"] = {1986, begin_year=1982},
        ["South Africa"] = {1962, 1966, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990},
        ["Sri Lanka"] = {1954, 1974, 1986, begin_year=1938},
        ["Tanzania"] = {begin_year=1962, 1986},
        ["The Gambia"] = {begin_year=1970, 1986, 2014},
        ["Tonga"] = {1978, 1986, begin_year=1974},
        ["Trinidad and Tobago"] = {1950, begin_year=1934, 1986},
        ["Turks and Caicos Islands"] = {begin_year=1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994},
        ["Tuvalu"] = {begin_year=1998},
        ["Uganda"] = {begin_year=1954, 1978, 1986},
        ["Vanuatu"] = {begin_year=1982},
        ["Western Samoa"] = {begin_year=1974},
        ["Zambia"] = {begin_year=1954, 1962, 1966, 1986},
        ["Zimbabwe"] = {begin_year=1934, 1962, 1966, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1986, end_year=2002},
	},
	["Commonwealth Youth Games"] = {
		2000, 2004, 2008, 2011, 2015, 2017
	},

	-----European Games-----
	["European Athletics Championships"] = {
		1934, 1938, 1946, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1969, 1971, 1974, 1978,
		1982, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2022,
		["Albania"] = {begin_year=1938, 1946, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1969, 1971, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986},
		["Andorra"] = {begin_year=1998},
		["Armenia"] = {begin_year=1994, 2006},
		["Athlete Refugee Team"] = {begin_year=2022},
		["Austria"] = {1938, 1946},
		["Authorised Neutral Athletes"] = {begin_year=2016, 2022},
		["Azerbaijan"] = {begin_year=2002},
		["Belarus"] = {begin_year=1994, 2022},
		["Bosnia and Herzegovina"] = {begin_year=1994},
		["Bulgaria"] = {1938, 1946, 1950},
		["Croatia"] = {begin_year=1994},
		["Cyprus"] = {begin_year=1974},
		["Czech Republic"] = {begin_year=1994},
		["Czechoslovakia"] = {end_year=1990},
		["Estonia"] = {1946, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1969, 1971, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990},
		["Georgia"] = {begin_year=1994},
		["East Germany"] = {begin_year=1966, end_year=1990},
		["Germany"] = {1946, 1950, 1966, 1969, 1971, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990},
		["West Germany"] = {begin_year=1954, 1958, 1962, end_year=1990},
		["Gibraltar"] = {begin_year=1966, 1990, 1994},
		["Great Britain"] = {begin_year=1938},
		["Hungary"] = {1950},
		["Iceland"] = {begin_year=1946},
		["Ireland"] = {begin_year=1946},
		["Israel"] = {begin_year=1990},
		["Kosovo"] = {begin_year=2016},
		["Latvia"] = {1946, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1969, 1971, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990},
		["Liechtenstein"] = {begin_year=1938, 1950, 1958, 1966, 1982, 2002, 2006, 2018, 2022},
		["Lithuania"] = {1938, 1946, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1969, 1971, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990},
		["Luxembourg"] = {1998, 2002},
		["North Macedonia"] = {begin_year=1998},
		["Malta"] = {begin_year=1958, 1966, 1971, 1974, 1978},
		["Moldova"] = {begin_year=1994},
		["Monaco"] = {begin_year=2002, 2022},
		["Montenegro"] = {begin_year=2006},
		["Portugal"] = {1946},
		["Romania"] = {1950},
		["Russia"] = {begin_year=1994, 2016, 2018, 2022},
		["San Marino"] = {begin_year=1990, 1994, 1998},
		["Serbia"] = {begin_year=2006},
		["Slovakia"] = {begin_year=1994},
		["Slovenia"] = {begin_year=1994},
		["Soviet Union"] = {begin_year=1946, end_year=1990},
		["Spain"] = {begin_year=1950},
		["Turkey"] = {begin_year=1950},
		["Ukraine"] = {begin_year=1994},
		["Yugoslavia"] = {end_year=2002},
	},
	["European Athletics Indoor Championships"] = {
		1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 
		1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 
		1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 
		2015, 2017, 2019, 2021,
	},
	["European Championships"] = {
		2018, 2022,
	},
	["European Games"] = {
		2015, 2019,
		["Faroe Islands"] = {2019},
		["Gibraltar"] = {2019},
	},
	["Mediterranean Games"] = {
		1951, 1955, 1959, 1963, 1967, 1971, 1975, 1979, 1983, 1987, 1991, 1993,
		1997, 2001, 2005, 2009, 2013, 2018, 2022,
		["Albania"] = {begin_year=1987},
		["Algeria"] = {begin_year=1967},
		["Andorra"] = {begin_year=2001, 2005},
		["Bosnia and Herzegovina"] = {begin_year=1993},
		["Croatia"] = {begin_year=1993},
		["Cyprus"] = {begin_year=1979},
		["Egypt"] = {1959, 1963, 1967},
		["Libya"] = {1983, 1993},
		["North Macedonia"] = {begin_year=2013},
		["Monaco"] = {begin_year=1955, 1959, 1967, 1971},
		["Montenegro"] = {begin_year=2009},
		["Morocco"] = {begin_year=1959},
		["San Marino"] = {begin_year=1987},
		["Serbia"] = {begin_year=2009},
		["Serbia and Montenegro"] = {begin_year=1997, end_year=2005},
		["Slovenia"] = {begin_year=1993},
		["Syria"] = {1959, 1967},
		["Tunisia"] = {begin_year=1959},
		["Yugoslavia"] = {1955, end_year=1991},
		["United Arab Republic"] = {begin_year=1959, end_year=1963},
		["Vatican City"] = {begin_year=2022},
	},

	----- Olympics -----
	["Summer Olympics"] = {
		1896, 1900, 1904, 1908, 1912, 1920, 1924, 1928, 1932, 1936, 1948, 1952,
		1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000,
		2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020,
		["Afghanistan"] = {1952, 1976, 1984, 1992, 2000, begin_year=1936},
		["Albania"] = {1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, begin_year=1972},
		["Algeria"] = {1976, begin_year=1964},
		["American Samoa"] = {begin_year=1988},
		["Andorra"] = {begin_year=1976},
		["Angola"] = {1984, begin_year=1980},
		["Antigua and Barbuda"] = {1980, begin_year=1976},
		["Argentina"] = {1904, 1912, 1980, begin_year=1900},
		["Armenia"] = {begin_year=1996},
		["Aruba"] = {begin_year=1988},
		["Australasia"] = {begin_year=1908, end_year=1912},
		["Austria"] = {1920},
		["Azerbaijan"] = {begin_year=1996},
		["Bahamas"] = {1980, begin_year=1952},
		["Bahrain"] = {begin_year=1984},
		["Bangladesh"] = {begin_year=1984},
		["Barbados"] = {1980, begin_year=1968},
		["Belarus"] = {begin_year=1996},
		["Belgium"] = {1904, begin_year=1900},
		["Belize"] = {1980, begin_year=1968},
		["Benin"] = {1976, begin_year=1972},
		["Bermuda"] = {1980, begin_year=1936},
		["Bhutan"] = {begin_year=1984},
		["Bohemia"] = {1904, begin_year=1900, end_year=1912},
		["Bolivia"] = {1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1980, begin_year=1936},
		["North Borneo"] = {begin_year=1956, end_year=1956},
		["Bosnia and Herzegovina"] = {begin_year=1992},
		["Botswana"] = {begin_year=1980},
		["Brazil"] = {1928, begin_year=1920},
		["British Virgin Islands"] = {begin_year=1984},
		["British West Indies"] = {begin_year=1960, end_year=1960},
		["Brunei"] = {1992, 2008, begin_year=1988},
		["Bulgaria"] = {1900, 1904, 1908, 1912, 1920, 1932, 1948, 1984},
		["Burkina Faso"] = {1976, 1980, 1984, begin_year=1972},
		["Burundi"] = {begin_year=1996},
		["Cambodia"] = {1960, 1968, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, begin_year=1956},
		["Cameroon"] = {begin_year=1964},
		["Canada"] = {1980, begin_year=1900},
		["Cape Verde"] = {begin_year=1996},
		["Cayman Islands"] = {1980, begin_year=1976},
		["Central African Republic"] = {1972, 1976, 1980, begin_year=1968},
		["Chad"] = {1976, 1980, begin_year=1964},
		["Chile"] = {1900, 1904, 1908, 1932, 1980},
		["China"] = {1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, begin_year=1952},
		["Chinese Taipei"] = {1976, 1980, begin_year=1956},
		["Republic of China"] = {1928, begin_year=1924, end_year=1948},
		["Colombia"] = {1952, begin_year=1932},
		["Comoros"] = {begin_year=1996},
		["Republic of the Congo"] = {1968, 1976, begin_year=1964},
		["Democratic Republic of the Congo"] = {1972, 1976, 1980, begin_year=1968},
		["Cook Islands"] = {begin_year=1988},
		["Costa Rica"] = {1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, begin_year=1936},
		["Croatia"] = {begin_year=1992},
		["Cuba"] = {1908, 1912, 1920, 1932, 1936, 1984, 1988, begin_year=1900},
		["Cyprus"] = {begin_year=1980},
		["Czech Republic"] = {begin_year=1996},
		["Czechoslovakia"] = {1984, begin_year=1920, end_year=1992},
		["Denmark"] = {1904},
		["Djibouti"] = {2004, begin_year=1984},
		["Dominica"] = {begin_year=1996},
		["Dominican Republic"] = {begin_year=1964},
		["Timor-Leste"] = {begin_year=2004},
		["Ecuador"] = {1928, 1932, 1936, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964, begin_year=1924},
		["Egypt"] = {1932, 1960, 1964, 1980, begin_year=1912},
		["El Salvador"] = {1976, 1980, begin_year=1968},
		["Equatorial Guinea"] = {begin_year=1984},
		["Eritrea"] = {begin_year=2000},
		["Estonia"] = {1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, begin_year=1920},
		["Ethiopia"] = {1976, 1984, 1988, begin_year=1956},
		["Federated States of Micronesia"] = {begin_year=2000},
		["Finland"] = {begin_year=1908},
		["Fiji"] = {1964, 1980, begin_year=1956},
		["Gabon"] = {1976, 1980, begin_year=1972},
		["The Gambia"] = {begin_year=1984},
		["Georgia"] = {begin_year=1996},
		["Germany"] = {1920, 1924, 1948, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988},
		["East Germany"] = {1984, begin_year=1968, end_year=1988},
		["West Germany"] = {1980, begin_year=1968, end_year=1988},
		["Ghana"] = {1956, 1976, 1980, begin_year=1952},
		["Grenada"] = {begin_year=1984},
		["Guam"] = {begin_year=1988},
		["Guatemala"] = {1956, 1960, 1964, begin_year=1952},
		["Guinea"] = {1972, 1976, begin_year=1968},
		["Guinea-Bissau"] = {begin_year=1996},
		["Guyana"] = {1976, begin_year=1948},
		["Haiti"] = {1904, 1908, 1912, 1920, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1964, 1968, 1980, begin_year=1900},
		["Honduras"] = {1972, 1980, begin_year=1968},
		["Hong Kong"] = {1980, begin_year=1952},
		["Hungary"] = {1920, 1984},
		["Iceland"] = {1920, 1924, 1928, 1932, begin_year=1912},
		["Independent Olympic Participants"] = {1996, 2004, 2008, begin_year=1992, end_year=2016},
		["India"] = {1904, 1908, 1912, begin_year=1900},
		["Indonesia"] = {1964, 1980, begin_year=1952},
		["Iran"] = {1904, 1908, 1912, 1920, 1924, 1928, 1932, 1936, 1980, 1984, begin_year=1900},
		["Iraq"] = {1952, 1956, 1972, 1976, begin_year=1948},
		["Ireland"] = {1936, begin_year=1924},
		["Israel"] = {1980, begin_year=1952},
		["Italy"] = {1904},
		["Ivory Coast"] = {1980, begin_year=1964},
		["Jamaica"] = {1960, begin_year=1948},
		["Japan"] = {1948, 1980, begin_year=1912},
		["Jordan"] = {begin_year=1980},
		["Kazakhstan"] = {begin_year=1996},
		["Kenya"] = {1976, 1980, begin_year=1956},
		["Kiribati"] = {begin_year=2004},
		["North Korea"] = {1984, 1988, 2020, begin_year=1972},
		["South Korea"] = {1980, begin_year=1948},
		["Kosovo"] = {begin_year=2016},
		["Kuwait"] = {2016, begin_year=1968},
		["Kyrgyzstan"] = {begin_year=1996},
		["Laos"] = {1984, begin_year=1980},
		["Latvia"] = {1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980,	1984, 1988, begin_year=1924},
		["لبنان"] = {1956, begin_year=1948},
		["Lesotho"] = {1976, begin_year=1972},
		["Liberia"] = {1968, 1976, 1992, begin_year=1956},
		["Libya"] = {1972, 1976, 1984, begin_year=1964},
		["Liechtenstein"] = {1956, 1980, begin_year=1936},
		["Lithuania"] = {1932, 1936, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, begin_year=1924},
		["Luxembourg"] = {1904, 1908, 1932, begin_year=1900},
		["North Macedonia"] = {begin_year=1996},
		["Madagascar"] = {1976, 1988, begin_year=1964},
		["Malawi"] = {1976, 1980, begin_year=1972},
		["Malaysia"] = {1980, begin_year=1956},
		["Maldives"] = {begin_year=1988},
		["Mali"] = {1976, begin_year=1964},
		["Malta"] = {1932, 1952, 1956, 1964, 1976, begin_year=1928},
		["Marshall Islands"] = {begin_year=2008},
		["Mauritania"] = {begin_year=1984},
		["Mauritius"] = {begin_year=1984},
		["Mexico"] = {1904, 1908, 1912, 1920, begin_year=1900},
		["Mixed team"] = {begin_year=1896, end_year=1904},
		["Moldova"] = {begin_year=1996},
		["Monaco"] = {1932, 1956, 1980, begin_year=1920},
		["Mongolia"] = {1984, begin_year=1964},
		["Montenegro"] = {begin_year=2008},
		["Morocco"] = {1980, begin_year=1960},
		["Mozambique"] = {begin_year=1980},
		["Myanmar"] = {1976, begin_year=1948},
		["Namibia"] = {begin_year=1992},
		["Nauru"] = {begin_year=1996},
		["Nepal"] = {1968, begin_year=1964},
		["Netherlands"] = {1904, begin_year=1900},
		["Netherlands Antilles"] = {1956, 1980, begin_year=1952, end_year=2008},
		["New Zealand"] = {begin_year=1908},
		["Nicaragua"] = {1988, begin_year=1968},
		["Niger"] = {1976, 1980, begin_year=1964},
		["Nigeria"] = {1976, begin_year=1952},
		["Norway"] = {1980, begin_year=1900},
		["Oman"] = {begin_year=1984},
		["Pakistan"] = {1980, begin_year=1948},
		["Palau"] = {begin_year=2000},
		["Palestine"] = {begin_year=1996},
		["Papua New Guinea"] = {1980, begin_year=1976},
		["Paraguay"] = {1980, begin_year=1968},
		["Peru"] = {1904, 1908, 1912, 1920, 1924, 1928, 1932, 1952,	begin_year=1900},
		["Philippines"] = {1980, begin_year=1924},
		["Poland"] = {1984, begin_year=1924},
		["Portugal"] = {begin_year=1912},
		["Puerto Rico"] = {begin_year=1948},
		["Qatar"] = {begin_year=1984},
		["Refugee Olympic Team"] = {begin_year=2016},
		["ROC"] = {begin_year=2020,end_year=2020},
		["Romania"] = {1904, 1908, 1912, 1920, 1932, 1948, begin_year=1900},
		["Russia"] = {begin_year=1996, 2020},
		["Russian Empire"] = {1904, begin_year=1900, end_year=1912},
		["Rwanda"] = {begin_year=1984},
		["Saar"] = {begin_year=1952, end_year=1952},
		["Saint Kitts and Nevis"] = {begin_year=1996},
		["Saint Lucia"] = {begin_year=1996},
		["Saint Vincent and the Grenadines"] = {begin_year=1988},
		["Samoa"] = {begin_year=1984},
		["San Marino"] = {1964, begin_year=1960},
		["São Tomé and Príncipe"] = {begin_year=1996},
		["Saudi Arabia"] = {1980, begin_year=1972},
		["Senegal"] = {begin_year=1964},
		["Serbia"] = {1920, 1924, 1928, 1932, 1936, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960,	1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, begin_year=1912},
		["Serbia and Montenegro"] = {begin_year=1996, end_year=2004},
		["Seychelles"] = {1988, begin_year=1980},
		["Sierra Leone"] = {1972, 1976, begin_year=1968},
		["Singapore"] = {1964, 1980, begin_year=1948},
		["Slovakia"] = {begin_year=1996},
		["Slovenia"] = {begin_year=1992},
		["Solomon Islands"] = {begin_year=1984},
		["Somalia"] = {1976, 1980, 1992, begin_year=1972},
		["South Africa"] = {1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, begin_year=1904},
		["South Sudan"] = {begin_year=2016},
		["Soviet Union"] = {1984, begin_year=1952, end_year=1988},
		["Spain"] = {1904, 1908, 1912, 1936, begin_year=1900},
		["Sri Lanka"] = {1976, begin_year=1948},
		["Sudan"] = {1964, 1976, 1980, begin_year=1960},
		["Suriname"] = {1964, 1980, begin_year=1960},
		["Eswatini"] = {1976, 1980, begin_year=1972}, -- Formerly Swaziland
		["Sweden"] = {1904},
		["Syria"] = {1952, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1976, begin_year=1948},
		["Tajikistan"] = {begin_year=1996},
		["Tanzania"] = {1976, begin_year=1964},
		["Thailand"] = {1980, begin_year=1952},
		["Togo"] = {1976, 1980, begin_year=1972},
		["Tonga"] = {begin_year=1984},
		["Trinidad and Tobago"] = {1960, begin_year=1948},
		["Tunisia"] = {1980, begin_year=1960},
		["Turkey"] = {1920, 1932, 1980, begin_year=1908},
		["Turkmenistan"] = {begin_year=1996},
		["Tuvalu"] = {begin_year=2008},
		["Uganda"] = {1976, begin_year=1956},
		["Ukraine"] = {begin_year=1996},
		["Unified Team"] = {begin_year=1992, end_year=1992},
		["United Arab Emirates"] = {begin_year=1984},
		["United Arab Republic"] = {begin_year=1960, end_year=1964},
		["United States"] = {1980},
		["United Team of Germany"] = {begin_year=1956, end_year=1964},
		["Uruguay"] = {1980, begin_year=1924},
		["Uzbekistan"] = {begin_year=1996},
		["Vanuatu"] = {begin_year=1988},
		["Venezuela"] = {begin_year=1948},
		["Vietnam"] = {1976, 1984, begin_year=1952},
		["Virgin Islands"] = {1980, begin_year=1968},
		["Yemen"] = {begin_year=1992},
		["North Yemen"] = {begin_year=1984, end_year=1988},
		["South Yemen"] = {begin_year=1988, end_year=1988},
		["Yugoslavia"] = {1992, begin_year=1920, end_year=2000},
		["Zambia"] = {1976, begin_year=1964},
		["Zimbabwe"] = {1932, 1936, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1968, 1972, 1976,	begin_year=1928},
	},
	["Summer Paralympics"] = {
		1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004,
		2008, 2012, 2016, 2020,
		["Afghanistan"] = {2000, begin_year=1996},
		["Albania"] = {2016, begin_year=2012},
		["Algeria"] = {begin_year=1992},
		["Andorra"] = {2016, begin_year=2012},
		["Angola"] = {begin_year=1996},
		["Antigua and Barbuda"] = {2016, begin_year=2012},
		["Armenia"] = {begin_year=1996},
		["Aruba"] = {begin_year=2016},
		["Azerbaijan"] = {begin_year=1996},
		["Bahamas"] = {1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016,
			begin_year=1972},
		["Bahrain"] = {begin_year=1984},
		["Bangladesh"] = {2012, 2016, begin_year=2004},
		["Barbados"] = {2016, begin_year=2000},
		["Belarus"] = {begin_year=1996},
		["Benin"] = {begin_year=2000},
		["Bermuda"] = {begin_year=1996},
		["Bhutan"] = {begin_year=2020},
		["Bosnia and Herzegovina"] = {begin_year=1996},
		["Botswana"] = {2012, begin_year=2004},
		["Brazil"] = {begin_year=1972},
		["Brunei"] = {2016, begin_year=2012},
		["Bulgaria"] = {begin_year=1988},
		["Burkina Faso"] = {2004, begin_year=1992},
		["Cambodia"] = {begin_year=2000},
		["Cameroon"] = {begin_year=2012},
		["Canada"] = {begin_year=1968},
		["Cape Verde"] = {begin_year=2004},
		["Central African Republic"] = {begin_year=2004},
		["Chile"] = {begin_year=1992},
		["China"] = {begin_year=1984},
		["Chinese Taipei"] = {begin_year=1992},
		["Colombia"] = {1984, begin_year=1976},
		["Comoros"] = {begin_year=2012},
		["Republic of the Congo"] = {begin_year=2016},
		["Democratic Republic of the Congo"] = {begin_year=2012},
		["Costa Rica"] = {1996, begin_year=1992},
		["Croatia"] = {begin_year=1992},
		["Cuba"] = {begin_year=1992},
		["Cyprus"] = {begin_year=1988},
		["Czech Republic"] = {begin_year=1996},
		["Czechoslovakia"] = {1976, 1984, begin_year=1972, end_year=1992},
		["Denmark"] = {begin_year=1968},
		["Djibouti"] = {2016, begin_year=2012},
		["Dominican Republic"] = {2000, begin_year=1992},
		["Ecuador"] = {1980, 1988, begin_year=1976},
		["Egypt"] = {begin_year=1972},
		["El Salvador"] = {begin_year=2000},
		["Estonia"] = {begin_year=1992},
		["Ethiopia"] = {1972, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, begin_year=1968},
		["Faroe Islands"] = {begin_year=1984},
		["Fiji"] = {1968, 1972, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, begin_year=1964},
		["Finland"] = {1964},
		["Gabon"] = {begin_year=2008},
		["The Gambia"] = {begin_year=2012},
		["Georgia"] = {begin_year=2008},
		["East Germany"] = {begin_year=1984, end_year=1984},
		["Ghana"] = {begin_year=2004},
		["Greece"] = {begin_year=1976},
		["Guatemala"] = {1980, 1992, 1996, 2000, begin_year=1976},
		["Guinea"] = {2012, begin_year=2004},
		["Guinea-Bissau"] = {begin_year=2012},
		["Haiti"] = {begin_year=2008},
		["Honduras"] = {begin_year=1996},
		["Hong Kong"] = {begin_year=1972},
		["Hungary"] = {1980, begin_year=1972},
		["Iceland"] = {begin_year=1980},
		["India"] = {1976, 1980, begin_year=1968},
		["Independent Paralympic Participants"] = {1996, 2004, 2008, 2012,
			begin_year=1992},
		["Indonesia"] = {1992, begin_year=1976},
		["Iran"] = {begin_year=1988},
		["Iraq"] = {begin_year=1992},
		["Ivory Coast"] = {begin_year=1996},
		["Jamaica"] = {1976, begin_year=1968},
		["Japan"] = {begin_year=1964},
		["Jordan"] = {1992, begin_year=1984},
		["Kazakhstan"] = {begin_year=1996},
		["Kenya"] = {1976, begin_year=1972},
		["North Korea"] = {begin_year=2012},
		["South Korea"] = {begin_year=1968},
		["Kuwait"] = {begin_year=1980},
		["Kyrgyzstan"] = {begin_year=1996},
		["Laos"] = {2004, begin_year=2000},
		["Latvia"] = {begin_year=1992},
		["لبنان"] = {2004, 2016, begin_year=2000},
		["Lesotho"] = {begin_year=2000},
		["Liberia"] = {begin_year=2012, 2016},
		["Libya"] = {begin_year=1996},
		["Liechtenstein"] = {1996, 2000, 2008, 2012, 2016, begin_year=1984},
		["Lithuania"] = {begin_year=1992},
		["Luxembourg"] = {1988, 2000, 2004, 2012, 2016, begin_year=1976},
		["Macau"] = {begin_year=1988},
		["North Macedonia"] = {begin_year=1996},
		["Madagascar"] = {2004, begin_year=2000},
		["Malawi"] = {begin_year=2012},
		["Malaysia"] = {1976, 1980, 1984, begin_year=1972},
		["Mali"] = {2004, begin_year=2000},
		["Malta"] = {1976, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004},
		["Mauritania"] = {2008, 2016, begin_year=2000},
		["Mauritius"] = {2000, begin_year=1996},
		["Mexico"] = {begin_year=1972},
		["Moldova"] = {begin_year=1996},
		["Mongolia"] = {begin_year=2000},
		["Montenegro"] = {begin_year=2008},
		["Morocco"] = {begin_year=1988},
		["Mozambique"] = {begin_year=2012},
		["Myanmar"] = {1980, 1988, 1996, 2000, 2004, begin_year=1976},
		["Namibia"] = {1996, 2000, begin_year=1992},
		["Nepal"] = {begin_year=2004},
		["New Zealand"] = {begin_year=1968},
		["Nicaragua"] = {2008, begin_year=2004},
		["Niger"] = {begin_year=2004},
		["Nigeria"] = {begin_year=1992},
		["Norway"] = {1964},
		["Oman"] = {begin_year=1988},
		["Pakistan"] = {begin_year=1992},
		["Palestine"] = {begin_year=2000},
		["Panama"] = {begin_year=1992},
		["Papua New Guinea"] = {1988, 1992, 1996, 2004, begin_year=1984},
		["Peru"] = {1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, begin_year=1972},
		["Philippines"] = {1996, begin_year=1988},
		["Poland"] = {begin_year=1972},
		["Portugal"] = {1976, 1980, begin_year=1972},
		["Puerto Rico"] = {begin_year=1988},
		["Qatar"] = {begin_year=1996},
		["Refugee Paralympic Team"] = {begin_year=2020},
		["Romania"] = {1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, begin_year=1972},
		["Russia"] = {begin_year=1996, 2016, 2020},
		["Unified Team"] = {begin_year=1992,end_year=1992},
		["Soviet Union"] = {begin_year=1988, end_year=1988},
		["Rwanda"] = {begin_year=2000},
		["Samoa"] = {begin_year=2000},
		["San Marino"] = {2016, begin_year=2012},
		["São Tomé and Príncipe"] = {begin_year=2016},
		["Saudi Arabia"] = {begin_year=1996},
		["Senegal"] = {begin_year=2004},
		["Serbia"] = {begin_year=2008},
		["Serbia and Montenegro"] = {begin_year=2004, end_year=2004},
		["Seychelles"] = {1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, begin_year=1992},
		["Sierra Leone"] = {2000, 2004, 2008, begin_year=1996},
		["Singapore"] = {begin_year=1988},
		["Slovakia"] = {begin_year=1996},
		["Slovenia"] = {begin_year=1992},
		["Solomon Islands"] = {2016, begin_year=2012},
		["Somalia"] = {begin_year=2016},
		["South Africa"] = {1980, 1984, 1988, begin_year=1964},
		["Spain"] = {begin_year=1968},
		["Sri Lanka"] = {begin_year=1996},
		["Sudan"] = {1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2008, 2012, 2016,
			begin_year=1980},
		["Suriname"] = {begin_year=2004},
		["Syria"] = {begin_year=1992},
		["Tajikistan"] = {begin_year=2004},
		["Tanzania"] = {1996, 2000, begin_year=1992},
		["Thailand"] = {begin_year=1984},
		["Timor-Leste"] = {begin_year=2008},
		["Togo"] = {begin_year=2016},
		["Tonga"] = {begin_year=2000},
		["Trinidad and Tobago"] = {1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008,
			begin_year=1984},
		["Tunisia"] = {begin_year=1988},
		["Turkey"] = {1996, begin_year=1992},
		["Turkmenistan"] = {begin_year=2000},
		["Uganda"] = {1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, begin_year=1972},
		["Ukraine"] = {begin_year=1996},
		["United Arab Emirates"] = {begin_year=1992},
		["Uruguay"] = {begin_year=1992},
		["Uzbekistan"] = {begin_year=2004},
		["Vanuatu"] = {2004, 2016, begin_year=2000},
		["Venezuela"] = {1988, begin_year=1984},
		["Vietnam"] = {begin_year=2000},
		["Virgin Islands"] = {begin_year=2012},
		["Yemen"] = {1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, begin_year=1992},
		["Yugoslavia"] = {1976, 1992, begin_year=1972, end_year=2000},
		["Zambia"] = {2004, 2016, begin_year=1996},
		["Zimbabwe"] = {1976, 1988, 1992, begin_year=1960},
	},
	["Summer Youth Olympics"] = {
		2010, 2014, 2018,
		["Independent Olympic Athletes"] = {2018},
		["Kosovo"] = {begin_year=2018},
		["Athletes from Kuwait"] = {2018},
		["Netherlands Antilles"] = {end_year=2010},
		["South Sudan"] = {begin_year=2018},
	},
	["Winter Olympics"] = {
		1924, 1928, 1932, 1936, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976,
		1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022,
		["Albania"] = {begin_year=2006},
		["Algeria"] = {1994, 1998, 2002, 2014, 2018, begin_year=1992, 2022},
		["American Samoa"] = {1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, begin_year=1994},
		["Andorra"] = {begin_year=1976},
		["Argentina"] = {1932, 1936, 1956, begin_year=1928},
		["Armenia"] = {begin_year=1994},
		["Australia"] = {1948, begin_year=1936},
		["Azerbaijan"] = {begin_year=1998},
		["Belarus"] = {begin_year=1994},
		["Belgium"] = {1960, 1968},
		["Bermuda"] = {begin_year=1992, 2022},
		["Bolivia"] = {1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014,  begin_year=1956},
		["Bosnia and Herzegovina"] = {begin_year=1994},
		["Brazil"] = {begin_year=1992},
		["British Virgin Islands"] = {1988, 1992, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2018, 2022, begin_year=1984},
		["Bulgaria"] = {begin_year=1936},
		["Cameroon"] = {2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022, begin_year=2002},
		["Cayman Islands"] = {2018, 2022, begin_year=2010},
		["Chile"] = {1972, 1980, begin_year=1948},
		["China"] = {begin_year=1980},
		["Chinese Taipei"] = {1980, begin_year=1972},
		["Republic of China"] = {1980, begin_year=1972},
		["Colombia"] = {2014, begin_year=2010},
		["Costa Rica"] = {1994, 1998, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022, begin_year=1980},
		["Croatia"] = {begin_year=1992},
		["Cyprus"] = {begin_year=1980},
		["Czech Republic"] = {begin_year=1994},
		["Czechoslovakia"] = {end_year=1992},
		["Denmark"] = {1956, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, begin_year=1948},
		["Dominica"] = {2018, 2022, begin_year=2014},
		["Timor-Leste"] = {begin_year=2014},
		["Ecuador"] = {begin_year=2018},
		["Egypt"] = {1988, 1992, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022, begin_year=1984},
		["Eritrea"] = {begin_year=2018},
		["Estonia"] = {1932, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, begin_year=1928},
		["Ethiopia"] = {2014, 2018, 2022, begin_year=2006},
		["Fiji"] = {1992, 1998, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022, begin_year=1988},
		["Georgia"] = {begin_year=1994},
		["Germany"] = {1948, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, begin_year=1928},
		["East Germany"] = {begin_year=1968, end_year=1988},
		["West Germany"] = {begin_year=1968, end_year=1988},
		["Ghana"] = {2014, begin_year=2010},
		["Greece"] = {1960, begin_year=1936},
		["Guam"] = {1992, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022, begin_year=1988},
		["Guatemala"] = {1992, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022, begin_year=1988},
		["Haiti"] = {begin_year=2022},
		["Honduras"] = {1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022, begin_year=1992},
		["Hong Kong"] = {begin_year=2002},
		["Iceland"] = {1972, begin_year=1948},
		["Independent Olympic Participants"] = {begin_year=2014, end_year=2018},
		["India"] = {1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1994, begin_year=1964},
		["Iran"] = {1960, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1994, begin_year=1956},
		["Ireland"] = {1994, begin_year=1992},
		["Israel"] = {begin_year=1994},
		["Jamaica"] = {2006, begin_year=1988},
		["Japan"] = {1948, begin_year=1928},
		["Kazakhstan"] = {begin_year=1994},
		["Korea"] = {begin_year=2018, end_year=2018},
		["Kosovo"] = {begin_year=2018},
		["Kyrgyzstan"] = {begin_year=1994},
		["Kenya"] = {2010, 2014, begin_year=1998, 2022},
		["Latvia"] = {1932, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976,	1980, 1984, 1988},
		["لبنان"] = {1994, 1998, begin_year=1948},
		["Liechtenstein"] = {1952, begin_year=1936},
		["Lithuania"] = {1932, 1936, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, begin_year=1928},
		["Luxembourg"] = {1932, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976,	1980, 1984, 2002, 2010, begin_year=1928},
		["North Macedonia"] = {begin_year=1998},
		["Madagascar"] = {2010, 2014, begin_year=2006},
		["Malaysia"] = {begin_year=2018},
		["Malta"] = {begin_year=2014},
		["Mexico"] = {1932, 1936, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972,	1976, 1980, 1998, 2006, begin_year=1928},
		["Moldova"] = {begin_year=1994},
		["Monaco"] = {begin_year=1984},
		["Mongolia"] = {1976, begin_year=1964},
		["Montenegro"] = {begin_year=2010},
		["Morocco"] = {1972, 1976, 1980, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, begin_year=1968},
		["Nepal"] = {2018, 2022, begin_year=2002},
		["Netherlands"] = {1932, begin_year=1928},
		["Netherlands Antilles"] = {begin_year=1988, end_year=1992},
		["New Zealand"] = {1956, 1964, begin_year=1952},
		["Nigeria"] = {begin_year=2018},
		["North Korea"] = {1968, 1976, 1980, 1994, 2002, 2014, 2022, begin_year=1964},
		["Pakistan"] = {begin_year=2010},
		["Paraguay"] = {2018, 2022, begin_year=2014},
		["Peru"] = {2018, begin_year=2010},
		["Philippines"] = {1976, 1980, 1984, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, begin_year=1972},
		["Portugal"] = {1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1992, 2002, begin_year=1952},
		["Puerto Rico"] = {2006, 2010, 2014, begin_year=1984},
		["ROC"] = {begin_year=2022,end_year=2022},
		["Romania"] = {1960, begin_year=1928},
		["Russia"] = {2018, begin_year=1994, 2022},
		["San Marino"] = {1980, 1998, begin_year=1976},
		["Saudi Arabia"] = {begin_year=2022},
		["Senegal"] = {1988, 1998, 2002, 2014, 2018, 2022, begin_year=1984},
		["Serbia"] = {begin_year=2010},
		["Serbia and Montenegro"] = {begin_year=1998, end_year=2006},
		["Singapore"] = {begin_year=2018, 2022},
		["Slovakia"] = {begin_year=1994},
		["Slovenia"] = {begin_year=1992},
		["South Africa"] = {1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 2014, 2022, begin_year=1960},
		["South Korea"] = {1952, begin_year=1948},
		["Soviet Union"] = {begin_year=1956, end_year=1988},
		["Spain"] = {begin_year=1936},
		["Eswatini"] = {1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022, begin_year=1992}, -- Formerly Swaziland
		["Tajikistan"] = {2018, 2022, begin_year=2002},
		["Thailand"] = {2010, begin_year=2002},
		["Togo"] = {begin_year=2014, 2022},
		["Tonga"] = {begin_year=2014, 2022},
		["Trinidad and Tobago"] = {2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, begin_year=1994},
		["Turkey"] = {1952, 1972, 1980, begin_year=1936},
		["Ukraine"] = {begin_year=1994},
		["Unified Team"] = {begin_year=1992, end_year=1992},
		["United Team of Germany"] = {begin_year=1956, end_year=1964},
		["Uruguay"] = {2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022, begin_year=1998},
		["Uzbekistan"] = {begin_year=1994},
		["Venezuela"] = {2010, 2018, 2022, begin_year=1998},
		["Virgin Islands"] = {2010, 2018, begin_year=1988},
		["Yugoslavia"] = {1932, 1960, 1994, begin_year=1924, end_year=2002},
		["Zimbabwe"] = {2018, 2022, begin_year=2014},
	},
	["Winter Paralympics"] = {
		1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022,
		["Andorra"] = {begin_year=2002},
		["Argentina"] = {begin_year=2010},
		["Armenia"] = {begin_year=1998},
		["Azerbaijan"] = {begin_year=2022},
		["Belarus"] = {begin_year=1994, 2022},
		["Belgium"] = {1980, 1998, 2002},
		["Bosnia and Herzegovina"] = {begin_year=2010},
		["Brazil"] = {begin_year=2014},
		["Bulgaria"] = {begin_year=1994},
		["Chile"] = {begin_year=2002},
		["China"] = {begin_year=2002},
		["Croatia"] = {begin_year=2002},
		["Czech Republic"] = {begin_year=1994},
		["Czechoslovakia"] = {end_year=1992},
		["Denmark"] = {begin_year=1980},
		["Estonia"] = {2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, begin_year=1992},
		["Georgia"] = {begin_year=2018},
		["Greece"] = {begin_year=2002},
		["Hungary"] = {2014, begin_year=2002},
		["Iceland"] = {1998, 2002, 2006, begin_year=1994},
		["Independent Paralympic Participants"] = {begin_year=2018, 2022},
		["Iran"] = {begin_year=1998},
		["Israel"] = {begin_year=2022},
		["Italy"] = {begin_year=1980},
		["Kazakhstan"] = {begin_year=1994},
		["Kyrgyzstan"] = {begin_year=2014, 2018},
		["Latvia"] = {1998, 2002, 2010, 2014, 2018, begin_year=1994},
		["Liechtenstein"] = {1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, begin_year=1992},
		["Lithuania"] = {1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, begin_year=1994},
		["Mexico"] = {begin_year=2006},
		["Mongolia"] = {begin_year=2006},
		["Netherlands"] = {2006, begin_year=1984},
        ["New Zealand"] = {begin_year=1980},
		["North Korea"] = {begin_year=2018},
		["Poland"] = {1980},
		["Puerto Rico"] = {begin_year=2022},
		["Romania"] = {begin_year=2010},
		["Russia"] = {begin_year=1994, 2018, 2022},
		["Serbia"] = {begin_year=2010},
		["Slovakia"] = {begin_year=1994},
		["Slovenia"] = {2002, begin_year=1998},
		["South Africa"] = {2014, 2018, begin_year=1998},
		["South Korea"] = {begin_year=1992},
		["Spain"] = {begin_year=1984},
		["Tajikistan"] = {begin_year=2018},
		["Turkey"] = {begin_year=2014},
		["Uganda"] = {1984, 1988, 1992, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018},
		["Ukraine"] = {begin_year=1998},
		["Uzbekistan"] = {begin_year=2014},
		["Yugoslavia"] = {end_year=1988},
	},
	["Winter Youth Olympics"] = {
		2012, 2016, 2020,
		["Albania"] = {begin_year=2020},
		["Azerbaijan"] = {begin_year=2020},
		["Cayman Islands"] = {2016, 2020},
		["Colombia"] = {begin_year=2016},
		["Timor-Leste"] = {2020},
		["Ecuador"] = {begin_year=2020},
		["Eritrea"] = {2016, 2020},
		["Haiti"] = {begin_year=2020},
		["Hong Kong"] = {begin_year=2020},
		["India"] = {2020},
		["Israel"] = {begin_year=2016},
		["Jamaica"] = {2020},
		["Kenya"] = {2020},
		["Kosovo"] = {begin_year=2020},
		["Monaco"] = {2020},
		["Morocco"] = {2016},
		["Nepal"] = {2020},
		["Pakistan"] = {begin_year=2020},
		["Peru"] = {2016, 2020},
		["Philippines"] = {2016},
		["Singapore"] = {begin_year=2020},
		["Thailand"] = {begin_year=2020},
		["Turkmenistan"] = {begin_year=2020},
		["Trinidad and Tobago"] = {begin_year=2020},
		["Uzbekistan"] = {2016},
	},


	----- Misc / World -----
	["Summer Deaflympics"] = {
		1924, 1928, 1931, 1935, 1939, 1949, 1953, 1957, 1961, 1965, 1969, 1973, 
		1977, 1981, 1985, 1989, 1993, 1997, 2001, 2005, 2009, 2013, 2017, 2021,
		["Afghanistan"] = {begin_year=2017},
		["Argentina"] = {begin_year=1965},
		["Armenia"] = {begin_year=2001},
		["Australia"] = {begin_year=1953},
		["Austria"] = {begin_year=1931},
		["Belarus"] = {begin_year=1993},
		["Brazil"] = {begin_year=1993},
		["China"] = {begin_year=1989},
		["Colombia"] = {begin_year=1969},
		["Cyprus"] = {begin_year=1997},
		["Czech Republic"] = {begin_year=1993},
		["Czechoslovakia"] = {begin_year=1928, end_year=1993},
		["Denmark"] = {begin_year=1931},
		["Ecuador"] = {begin_year=2013},
		["Egypt"] = {begin_year=2013},
		["Estonia"] = {begin_year=1993},
		["Fiji"] = {begin_year=2005},
		["Greece"] = {begin_year=1957},
		["Hong Kong"] = {begin_year=1985},
		["Iceland"] = {begin_year=1993, 2001, 2009, 2017},
		["Indonesia"] = {begin_year=2009},
		["Ireland"] = {begin_year=1973},
		["Israel"] = {begin_year=1957},
		["Kazakhstan"] = {begin_year=1997},
		["Kenya"] = {begin_year=1997},
		["Kyrgyzstan"] = {begin_year=2009},
		["Lithuania"] = {begin_year=1993},
		["Malaysia"] = {begin_year=1993, 1997, 2013},
		["Malta"] = {begin_year=2001},
		["Mexico"] = {begin_year=1965},
		["Moldova"] = {begin_year=1993},
		["Nepal"] = {begin_year=2013},
		["New Zealand"] = {begin_year=1957},
		["Philippines"] = {begin_year=2009},
		["Portugal"] = {begin_year=1993},
		["Saar"] = {begin_year=1953, end_year=1953},
		["Saudi Arabia"] = {begin_year=2001},
		["Singapore"] = {begin_year=2001, 2017},
		["Slovenia"] = {begin_year=1993},
		["South Africa"] = {begin_year=1993},
		["Soviet Union"] = {begin_year=1957, 1985, end_year=1989},
		["Thailand"] = {begin_year=2005},
		["Turkmenistan"] = {begin_year=2001, 2009},
		["Uganda"] = {begin_year=1997, end_year=1997},
		["United States"] = {begin_year=1935},
		["Uruguay"] = {begin_year=2001, end_year=2001},
		["Uzbekistan"] = {begin_year=1997},
		["Venezuela"] = {begin_year=1969},
		["Zambia"] = {begin_year=2013},
		["Zimbabwe"] = {begin_year=1993, end_year=1993},
	},
	["Winter Deaflympics"] = {
		1949, 1953, 1955, 1959, 1963, 1967, 1971, 1975, 1979, 1983, 1987, 1991, 
		1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2015, 2019, 2023,
		["Australia"] = {begin_year=1975, 1991, 1995, 2003, 2015, 2019},
		["Austria"] = {begin_year=1953, 1971, 1975, 1979, 1983},
		["China"] = {begin_year=2007, 2019},
		["Czech Republic"] = {begin_year=1995},
		["Czechoslovakia"] = {1953, 1955, 1959, 1963, 1967, 1971, 1975, 1979, 1983, 1987, end_year=1993},
		["France"] = {begin_year=1975, 2003, 2007},
		["Kazakhstan"] = {begin_year=2015},
		["Lithuania"] = {begin_year=1995, 2015, 2019},
		["Nepal"] = {begin_year=2019},
		["New Zealand"] = {begin_year=1987, end_year=1991},
		["Russia"] = {begin_year=1995},
		["Slovenia"] = {begin_year=1995},
		["Soviet Union"] = {begin_year=1971, end_year=1991},
		["United States"] = {begin_year=1967},
	},
	["FEI World Equestrian Games"] = {
		1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014
	},
	["FIS Alpine World Ski Championships"] = {
		1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1948, 1950, 1952, 
		1954, 1956, 1958, 1960, 1962, 1964, 1966, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1974, 1976,
		1978, 1980, 1982, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2001,
		2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021,
	},
	["Islamic Solidarity Games"] = {
		2005, 2013, 2017, 2021, 2025,
	},
	["Military World Games"] = {
		1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023,
	},
	["Winter Military World Games"] = {
		2010, 2013, 2017, 2021,
	},
	["Pacific Games"] = {
		1963, 1966, 1969, 1971, 1975, 1979, 1983, 1987, 1991, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023,
		["American Samoa"] = {1995},
		["Australia"] = {begin_year=2015},
		["Cook Islands"] = {1969, 1975},
		["Federated States of Micronesia"] = {begin_year=1975, 1979, 1983, 1987, 1991, 1995},
		["Gilbert and Ellice Islands"] = {1969, end_year=1971},
		["Guam"] = {begin_year=1966},
		["Kiribati"] = {begin_year=1979, 1983, 1987, 1991, 1995},
		["Marshall Islands"] = {begin_year=1999},
		["Nauru"] = {1983, 1987, 1995},
		["New Hebrides"] = {end_year=1979},
		["New Zealand"] = {begin_year=2015},
		["Niue"] = {1966, 1969, 1971, 1975, 1987, 1995},
		["Norfolk Island"] = {begin_year=1979},
		["Northern Mariana Islands"] = {begin_year=1979, 1983},
		["Palau"] = {begin_year=1999},
		["Samoa"] = {1975, 1987, 1995},
		["Solomon Islands"] = {1987},
		["Tokelau"] = {begin_year=1979, 1987, 1991, 1995, 1999},
		["Tuvalu"] = {begin_year=1979, 1983, 1987, 1991, 1995},
		["Vanuatu"] = {begin_year=1983},
		["Wallis and Futuna"] = {begin_year=1966},
	},
	["Summer Universiade"] = {
		1959, 1961, 1963, 1965, 1967, 1970, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1981, 1983,
		1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007,
		2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019,
		["Argentina"] = {begin_year=1985},
		["Australia"] = {begin_year=1967},
		["Azerbaijan"] = {begin_year=1995},
		["China"] = {begin_year=1979},
		["Chinese Taipei"] = {begin_year=1989},
		["Czech Republic"] = {begin_year=1993},
		["Czechoslovakia"] = {end_year=1991},
		["Estonia"] = {begin_year=1993},
		["Iran"] = {begin_year=1973, 1975, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001},
		["Israel"] = {begin_year=1997},
		["Malaysia"] = {begin_year=1991},
		["Philippines"] = {begin_year=1965, 1970, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1981, 
			1983,1985,2005, 2009},
		["Russia"] = {begin_year=1993},
		["Serbia"] = {begin_year=2007},
		["Slovakia"] = {begin_year=1993},
		["Soviet Union"] = {end_year=1991},
		["Thailand"] = {begin_year=1985},
		["Turkey"] = {begin_year=1985},
		["United States"] = {begin_year=1965},
	},
	["Winter Universiade"] = {
		1960, 1962, 1964, 1966, 1968, 1972, 1978, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989,
		1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013,
		2015, 2017, 2019,
		["Argentina"] = {begin_year=2007},
		["Azerbaijan"] = {begin_year=2007, 2015},
		["Czech Republic"] = {begin_year=1993},
		["Czechoslovakia"] = {begin_year=1991},
		["Estonia"] = {begin_year=1997},
		["Israel"] = {begin_year=2009, end_year=2009},
		["Malaysia"] = {begin_year=2011, end_year=2011},
		["Philippines"] = {begin_year=2019},
		["Serbia"] = {begin_year=2007},
		["Slovakia"] = {begin_year=1993},
		["Thailand"] = {begin_year=2007, 2015},
		["Turkey"] = {begin_year=2007},
		["United States"] = {begin_year=1966},
	},
	["World Aquatics Championships"] = {
		1973, 1975, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1991, 1994, 1998, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007,
		2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024,
		["Albania"] = {2005, begin_year=2003},
		["Armenia"] = {begin_year = 1994},
		["Azerbaijan"] = {begin_year=1994},
		["Belarus"] = {begin_year=1994},
		["Bermuda"] = {2017},
		["Cameroon"] = {2013, 2017, begin_year=2003},
		["Republic of the Congo"] = {2017},
		["Cayman Islands"] = {2013, begin_year=2003},
		["Croatia"] = {begin_year=1994},
		["Curaçao"] = {begin_year=2015},
		["Czech Republic"] = {begin_year=1994},
		["Democratic Republic of the Congo"] = {2015, 2017},
		["Ecuador"] = {2013},
		["Estonia"] = {begin_year=1994},
		["Ethiopia"] = {2017},
		["FINA Independent Athletes"] = {begin_year=2011},
		["Gabon"] = {2017},
		["Georgia"] = {begin_year=1994},
		["Germany"] = {begin_year=1991},
		["Kazakhstan"] = {begin_year=1994},
		["Kosovo"] = {begin_year=2015},
		["Kuwait"] = {begin_year=2013, 2017},
		["Kyrgyzstan"] = {begin_year=1994},
		["Latvia"] = {begin_year=1994},
		["Lesotho"] = {2017},
		["Lithuania"] = {begin_year=1994},
		["Macedonia"] = {begin_year=1994},
		["Mauritania"] = {2013, 2015, 2017},
		["Moldova"] = {begin_year=1994},
		["Monaco"] = {2013, begin_year=1994},
		["Montenegro"] = {begin_year=2007},
		["Myanmar"] = {2011, begin_year=2001},
		["Netherlands Antilles"] = {2005, begin_year=2003, end_year=2013},
		["Russia"] = {begin_year=1994},
		["Samoa"] = {2011, begin_year=2005},
		["San Marino"] = {2013, begin_year=1994},
		["Serbia"] = {begin_year=2007},
		["Sierra Leone"] = {2011, begin_year=2005},
		["Slovakia"] = {begin_year=1994},
		["Slovenia"] = {begin_year=1994},
		["Sri Lanka"] = {2015, begin_year=1986},
		["Sudan"] = {2017},
		["Eswatini"] = {2013, begin_year=1998}, -- Formerly Swaziland
		["Tajikistan"] = {begin_year=1994},
		["Turkmenistan"] = {begin_year=1994},
		["Ukraine"] = {begin_year=1994},
		["Uzbekistan"] = {begin_year=1994},
		["Yemen"] = {2011, begin_year=2005},
	},
	["World Archery Championships"] = {
		1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 
		1952, 1954, 1955, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1963, 1965, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1973, 1975, 
		1977, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 
		2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021,
		["United States"] = {begin_year=1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949},
	},
	["World Athletics Championships"] = {
		1976, 1980, 1983, 1987, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009,
		2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2022, 2023,
		["Afghanistan"] = {begin_year=1983, 1987, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2005},
		["Albania"] = {begin_year=1983, 1987},
		["Algeria"] = {begin_year=1983},
		["American Samoa"] = {begin_year=1987, 2005, 2015, 2017},
		["Andorra"] = {begin_year=1991, 2011, 2022},
		["Angola"] = {begin_year=1983, 2009, 2017},
		["Anguilla"] = {begin_year=1983},
		["Antigua and Barbuda"] = {begin_year=1983},
		["Argentina"] = {begin_year=1980},
		["Armenia"] = {begin_year=1993},
		["Aruba"] = {begin_year=1987, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009},
		["Athlete Refugee Team"] = {begin_year=2017},
		["Austria"] = {begin_year=1983},
		["Authorised Neutral Athletes"] = {begin_year=2017, 2022},
		["Azerbaijan"] = {begin_year=1993},
		["Bahamas"] = {begin_year=1983},
		["Bahrain"] = {begin_year=1983, 1987, 1999},
		["Bangladesh"] = {begin_year=1991, 1999, 2001},
		["Barbados"] = {begin_year=1983},
		["Belarus"] = {begin_year=1993, 2022},
		["Belgium"] = {begin_year=1983},
		["Belize"] = {begin_year=1983, 2013},
		["Benin"] = {begin_year=1983, 2001},
		["Bermuda"] = {begin_year=1983, 2003, 2005, 2007},
		["Bhutan"] = {begin_year=1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2017},
		["Bolivia"] = {begin_year=1983},
		["Bosnia and Herzegovina"] = {begin_year=1993},
		["Botswana"] = {begin_year=1983},
		["Brazil"] = {begin_year=1983},
		["British Virgin Islands"] = {begin_year=1983},
		["Brunei"] = {begin_year=1991, 2001, 2022},
		["Bulgaria"] = {begin_year=1983},
		["Burkina Faso"] = {begin_year=1983},
		["Burundi"] = {begin_year=1983},
		["Cambodia"] = {begin_year=1983, 1987, 1991, 1993, 1995, 2001, 2003, 2022},
		["Cameroon"] = {begin_year=1987},
		["Cape Verde"] = {begin_year=1993, 1995},
		["Cayman Islands"] = {begin_year=1987},
		["Central African Republic"] = {begin_year=1983, 2022},
		["Chad"] = {begin_year=1987, 2009, 2013, 2022},
		["Chile"] = {begin_year=1983},
		["China"] = {begin_year=1983},
		["Chinese Taipei"] = {begin_year=1980},
		["Colombia"] = {begin_year=1983},
		["Comoros"] = {begin_year=1983, 1987, 1995, 2001, 2007},
		["Cook Islands"] = {begin_year=1983, 1999},
		["Costa Rica"] = {begin_year=1983},
		["Croatia"] = {begin_year=1993},
		["Cuba"] = {begin_year=1983},
		["Cyprus"] = {begin_year=1983, 2001, 2011},
		["Czech Republic"] = {begin_year=1993},
		["Czechoslovakia"] = {begin_year=1983, end_year=1991},
		["Democratic Republic of the Congo"] = {begin_year=1983, 2001},
		["Denmark"] = {begin_year=1980},
		["Djibouti"] = {begin_year=1983, 2001},
		["Dominica"] = {begin_year=1987},
		["Dominican Republic"] = {begin_year=1983, 1987, 1993},
		["East Germany"] = {end_year=1987},
		["Ecuador"] = {begin_year=1983},
		["Egypt"] = {begin_year=1983},
		["El Salvador"] = {begin_year=1983},
		["Equatorial Guinea"] = {begin_year=1987, 2011, 2022},
		["Eritrea"] = {begin_year=1997},
		["Estonia"] = {begin_year=1993},
		["Eswatini"] = {begin_year=1983},
		["Ethiopia"] = {begin_year=1983},
		["Federated States of Micronesia"] = {begin_year=1997},
		["Fiji"] = {begin_year=1983},
		["Finland"] = {1980},
		["French Polynesia"] = {begin_year=1993, 1995},
		["Gabon"] = {begin_year=1983, 2015, 2017},
		["Gambia"] = {begin_year=1983},
		["Georgia"] = {begin_year=1993, 2011, 2022},
		["Germany"] = {begin_year=1991},
		["Ghana"] = {begin_year=1983, 2015},
		["Gibraltar"] = {begin_year=1983, 1993},
		["Greece"] = {begin_year=1983},
		["Grenada"] = {begin_year=1983},
		["Guam"] = {begin_year=1987, 2009},
		["Guatemala"] = {begin_year=1983},
		["Guinea"] = {begin_year=1983, 2022},
		["Guinea-Bissau"] = {begin_year=1997, 2001, 2009, 2022},
		["Guyana"] = {begin_year=1983},
		["Haiti"] = {begin_year=1987},
		["Honduras"] = {begin_year=1983},
		["Hong Kong"] = {begin_year=1983},
		["Hungary"] = {1980},
		["Iceland"] = {begin_year=1983},
		["India"] = {begin_year=1983},
		["Indonesia"] = {begin_year=1983, 1999},
		["Iran"] = {begin_year=1983, 2022},
		["Iraq"] = {begin_year=1983, 1987, 1991, 1993, 1995, 2001, 2003, 2005},
		["Ireland"] = {begin_year=1980},
		["Italy"] = {1980},
		["Ivory Coast"] = {begin_year=1980},
		["Jamaica"] = {begin_year=1983},
		["Japan"] = {begin_year=1983},
		["Jordan"] = {begin_year=1983, 2011},
		["Kazakhstan"] = {begin_year=1993},
		["Kenya"] = {begin_year=1983},
		["Kiribati"] = {begin_year=1999},
		["Kosovo"] = {begin_year=2015},
		["Kuwait"] = {begin_year=1983, 2013},
		["Kyrgyzstan"] = {begin_year=1993, 2007},
		["Laos"] = {begin_year=1993, 2022},
		["Latvia"] = {begin_year=1993},
		["لبنان"] = {begin_year=1983},
		["Lesotho"] = {begin_year=1983},
		["Liberia"] = {begin_year=1993, 2013},
		["Libya"] = {begin_year=1983, 1987, 1991, 1993, 1995, 2013, 2017, 2019, 2022},
		["Liechtenstein"] = {begin_year=1987, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, end_year=2007},
		["Lithuania"] = {begin_year=1993},
		["Luxembourg"] = {2011},
		["Macau"] = {begin_year=2001,  2022},
		["North Macedonia"] = {begin_year=1993, 1995},
		["Madagascar"] = {begin_year=1983},
		["Malaysia"] = {begin_year=1983},
		["Malawi"] = {begin_year=1983, 1987, 2022},
		["Maldives"] = {begin_year=1987},
		["Mali"] = {begin_year=1983},
		["Malta"] = {begin_year=1983},
		["Marshall Islands"] = {begin_year=1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2011, 2015},
		["Mauritania"] = {begin_year=1987, 1991, 2022},
		["Mauritius"] = {begin_year=1983},
		["Mexico"] = {1980},
		["Moldova"] = {begin_year=1993},
		["Monaco"] = {begin_year=1987, 1991, 1993, 1995, 2022},
		["Mongolia"] = {begin_year=1991, 2001},
		["Montserrat"] = {begin_year=1983, 2003, 2005, 2009, 2011, end_year=2015},
		["Montenegro"] = {begin_year=2007},
		["Morocco"] = {begin_year=1983},
		["Mozambique"] = {begin_year=1983, 2022},
		["Myanmar"] = {begin_year=1991, 2001, 2022},
		["Namibia"] = {begin_year=1991},
		["Nauru"] = {begin_year=1983, 2022},
		["Nepal"] = {begin_year=1983, 2005, 2009, 2013},
		["Netherlands Antilles"] = {begin_year=1983, end_year=2009},
		["New Zealand"] = {begin_year=1980},
		["Nicaragua"] = {begin_year=1983},
		["Niger"] = {begin_year=1991, 1995, 2005, 2015, 2017},
		["Nigeria"] = {begin_year=1983},
		["Norfolk Island"] = {begin_year=1995, 2003, 2005, end_year=2007},
		["North Korea"] = {begin_year=1983, 1987, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2007, 2011, 2022},
		["North Macedonia"] = {begin_year=1995},
		["Northern Mariana Islands"] = {begin_year=1991, 1993},
		["Norway"] = {begin_year=1980},
		["Oman"] = {begin_year=1983, 1991, 2005, 2007},
		["Palau"] = {begin_year=1997},
		["Pakistan"] = {begin_year=1983, 1987, 1999},
		["Palestine"] = {begin_year=1983, 1991},
		["Panama"] = {begin_year=1983},
		["Papua New Guinea"] = {begin_year=1983},
		["Paraguay"] = {begin_year=1983},
		["Peru"] = {begin_year=1983},
		["Philippines"] = {begin_year=1983, 1999},
		["Poland"] = {1980},
		["Portugal"] = {begin_year=1980},
		["Puerto Rico"] = {begin_year=1983},
		["Qatar"] = {begin_year=1983},
		["Republic of the Congo"] = {begin_year=1987, 2007, 2009, 2022},
		["Romania"] = {begin_year=1983},
		["Russia"] = {2017, begin_year=1993, 2019, 2022},
		["Rwanda"] = {begin_year=1983, 2022},
		["Saint Kitts and Nevis"] = {begin_year=1983},
		["Saint Lucia"] = {begin_year=1983},
		["Saint Vincent and the Grenadines"] = {begin_year=1983},
		["Samoa"] = {begin_year=1983},
		["San Marino"] = {begin_year=1983, 2017},
		["São Tomé and Príncipe"] = {begin_year=1983, 2022},
		["Saudi Arabia"] = {begin_year=1991},
		["Senegal"] = {begin_year=1983, 2017},
		["Serbia"] = {begin_year=2007},
		["Serbia and Montenegro"] = {begin_year=2003, end_year=2005},
		["Seychelles"] = {begin_year=1983},
		["Sierra Leone"] = {begin_year=1983, 2003, 2005, 2013},
		["Singapore"] = {begin_year=1983, 2017},
		["Slovakia"] = {begin_year=1993},
		["Slovenia"] = {begin_year=1993},
		["Solomon Islands"] = {begin_year=1983, 1987, 1991, 1993},
		["Somalia"] = {begin_year=1983, 1991, 2005, 2022},
		["South Africa"] = {begin_year=1993},
		["South Korea"] = {begin_year=1983},
		["South Sudan"] = {begin_year=2017},
		["Soviet Union"] = {end_year=1991, 1980},
		["Sri Lanka"] = {begin_year=1983, 1987, 1991},
		["Sudan"] = {begin_year=1983, 2019},
		["Suriname"] = {begin_year=1987, 1993, 2022},
		["Syria"] = {begin_year=1983, 2007},
		["Tajikistan"] = {begin_year=1993},
		["Tanzania"] = {begin_year=1983},
		["Thailand"] = {begin_year=1983},
		["Timor-Leste"] = {begin_year=2011, 2015, 2017}, 
		["Togo"] = {begin_year=1983, 2001},
		["Tonga"] = {begin_year=1983, 2017},
		["Trinidad and Tobago"] = {begin_year=1983},
		["Tunisia"] = {begin_year=1983, 1991},
		["Turkey"] = {begin_year=1983},
		["Turkmenistan"] = {begin_year=1993, 1997, 2013, 2022},
		["Turks and Caicos Islands"] = {begin_year=1983, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011},
		["Tuvalu"] = {begin_year=2009, 2019},
		["Uganda"] = {begin_year=1983},
		["Ukraine"] = {begin_year=1993},
		["United Arab Emirates"] = {begin_year=1983, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2019, 2022},
		["Uruguay"] = {begin_year=1983},
		["Uzbekistan"] = {begin_year=1993},
		["Vanuatu"] = {begin_year=1983},
		["Venezuela"] = {begin_year=1983, 1993, 2005},
		["Vietnam"] = {begin_year=1983, 1987, 1997, 2001, 2005, 2007},
		["Virgin Islands"] = {1980, 2001},
		["Yemen"] = {begin_year=1983, 1991, 2009, 2017, 2022},
		["Yugoslavia"] = {begin_year=1980, end_year=2001},
		["West Germany"] = {end_year=1987},
		["Zaire"] = {begin_year=1983},
		["Zambia"] = {begin_year=1987},
		["Zimbabwe"] = {begin_year=1983},
	},
	["World Beach Games"] = {
		2019, 2023,
	},
	["World Games"] = {
		1981, 1985, 1989, 1993, 1997, 2001, 2005, 2009, 2013, 2017, 2022,
	},
	["World Athletics Indoor Championships"] = {
		1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2006, 
		2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018,
		["Estonia"] = {begin_year=1993},
		["Germany"] = {begin_year=1991},
		["Greece"] = {begin_year=1987},
	},
}

return {
	competitions = all_competitions,
	old_names = old_names,
}